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Advanced Photonics Nexus, Volume. 2, Issue 4, 046002(2023)

Thermal camera based on frequency upconversion and its noise-equivalent temperature difference characterization

Zheng Ge1...2, Zhi-Yuan Zhou1,2,*, Jing-Xin Ceng3, Li Chen1,2, Yin-Hai Li1,2, Yan Li1,2, Su-Jian Niu1,2, and Bao-Sen Shi12,* |Show fewer author(s)

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¹University of Science and Technology of China, CAS Key Laboratory of Quantum Information, Hefei, China

²University of Science and Technology of China, CAS Center for Excellence in Quantum Information and Quantum Physics, Hefei, China

³Science and Technology on Electro-Optical Information Security Control Laboratory, Tianjin, China

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Zheng Ge, Zhi-Yuan Zhou, Jing-Xin Ceng, Li Chen, Yin-Hai Li, Yan Li, Su-Jian Niu, Bao-Sen Shi, "Thermal camera based on frequency upconversion and its noise-equivalent temperature difference characterization," Adv. Photon. Nexus 2, 046002 (2023)

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Paper Information

Category: Research Articles

Received: Nov. 23, 2022

Accepted: Apr. 24, 2023

Published Online: May. 22, 2023

The Author Email: Zhou Zhi-Yuan (zyzhouphy@ustc.edu.cn), Shi Bao-Sen (drshi@ustc.edu.cn)

DOI:10.1117/1.APN.2.4.046002

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